Today's Football (Round 2)

[Stew]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2....premierleague

The following is an edited transcript of Newcastle interim manager Joe Kinnear's first official press conference yesterday

JK Which one is Simon Bird [Daily Mirror's north-east football writer]?

SB Me.

JK You're a cunt.

Right from the off you know it is going to be great, definitely worth a read!

Edit: There's audio of the Kinnear conference here:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/1624541/

[Semprini]

That's brilliant. Joe Kinnear should be the compulsory caretaker manager for all clubs.

[Stew]

Fucking hell Arsenal. Are you trying to give me a heart attack? Shite backpass results in Cisse running between the centre backs and getting it, and Almunia having to come out and smother the shot.

Almost 20 minutes in and normal service hasn't been resumed since Fabregas just hit a shot from.. about 30 yards. Surely he knows he's meant to pass, pass and pass some more till it's passed to someone who's over the goal line?

Edit: Holy crap, Nakamura has done something and it's 1-0 Celtic. Samaras on for JVoH after just three minutes due to injury. Fuck sakes!

[The_librarian]

Thank god for that, Lee Miller from the spot, 1-1

[Westy]

Is there any game on at 5:30pm?

[Stew]

Thank god for that, Lee Miller from the spot, 1-1

Samaras makes it 2-0 for Celtic at half time.

Arsenal is still 0-0, but someone text in an interesting fact about the Arsenal team that's out there today. The team on the pitch cost approx £16.65m. About the same as one position at Chelsea.

Is there any game on at 5:30pm?

Blackburn v Man United. Should be good.

Blackburn are likely to be without goalkeeper Paul Robinson who is struggling to shake off a calf injury.

Vince Grella is also a doubt, while Benni McCarthy is back in training but is unlikely to start.

Wayne Rooney is a doubt for Manchester United after injuring his ankle in the midweek European win at Aalborg.

Paul Scholes was carried off in that match with medial ligament damage and joins Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick on the sidelines.

Blackburn (from): Brown, Robinson, Bunn, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock, Emerton, Olsson, Tugay, Derbyshire, Santa Cruz, Villanueva, Fowler, Andrews, Fowler, Grella, Treacy, Pedersen.

Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Amos, Neville, Brown, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Tevez, Berbatov, Rooney, Welbeck.

[The_librarian]

Is there any game on at 5:30pm?

Coventry v Southampton

[Stew]

Should've said, the Blackburn v Manchester United game is on Setanta.

Inter v Bologne after that, then Barcelona v Athletico Madrid followed by Match of the Day. I'm not out tonight, it's fitba night with beer, and indian take away.

[Westy]

I dunno how to decide.

Chelsea on the moro then?

[Stew]

I dunno how to decide.

Chelsea on the moro then?

Tomorrow's schedule for me is:

St Mirren vs Rangers on Setanta or West Ham v Bolton on Sky Sports at 1pm. Everton v Newcastle on Sky Sports at 4pm. Real Madrid v Espanyol on Sky Sports at 8pm.

I need to fit some six-a-sides in there too.

[Westy]

Everton vs Newcastle should be good. I expect the Everton fans to give Joe Kinnaer pelters.

Roy Carrol has just been sent off for Derby. Haha.

[Stew]

Everton vs Newcastle should be good. I expect the Everton fans to give Joe Kinnaer pelters.

Roy Carrol has just been sent off for Derby. Haha.

You're right, I reckon that'll be a cracking game. I'm looking forward to the Barca game later tonight though too.

Don't worry about Roy Carrol, he probably had £100 on it.

[The_librarian]

Going by what the radio said, we just got fucked by a dodgy desicion.

[XMachina]

Going by what the radio said, we just got fucked by a dodgy desicion.

Paranoia. Mike McCurry is an excellent, impartial referee who has the backing of all the footballing authorities.

[The_librarian]

Paranoia. Mike McCurry is an excellent, impartial referee who has the backing of all the footballing authorities.

I'm not paranoid, they are out to get us. Oh thats right, I'm not an OF fan

In reality bad desisions happen, some in our favour, othes not, part and parcell of the game, still rankles though